IBPS Clerk 2018-19: Detailed Guide

What is IBPS Clerk Exam?
IBPS conducts Common Recruitment Process for selection of personnel for Clerical cadre Posts (IBPS Clerk) in the organisations participating in the exam process. Any eligible candidate, who aspires to be selected as a Clerk or in a similar post in that cadre, is required to register for the Common Recruitment Process (CWE Clerks -VIII). The 2018 exam will be the 8th edition of this exam and the online examination (Preliminary and Main) for the next Common Recruitment Process will tentatively be scheduled on 8th, 9th, 15th, 16th December 2018 & 20th January 2019.

Below is a list of organisations participating in the recruitment process:

Eligibility Criteria for IBPS CWE Clerk VIII
Below is the eligibility criteria as per the 2017 notification, the same will be updated if there are changes in the 2018 notification:
I. Nationality / Citizenship
A candidate must be either –
(i) a Citizen of India or
(ii) a subject of Nepal or
(iii) a subject of Bhutan or
(iv) a Tibetan Refugee who came over to India before 1st January 1962 with the intention of permanently settling in India or
(v) a person of Indian origin who has migrated from Pakistan, Burma, Sri Lanka, East African countries of Kenya, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania (formerly Tanganyika and Zanzibar), Zambia, Malawi, Zaire, Ethiopia and Vietnam with the intention of permanently settling in India, provided that a candidate belonging to categories (ii), (iii), (iv) & (v) above shall be a person in whose favour a certificate of eligibility has been issued by the Government of India.

II. Age (As on 01.09.2017):
Minimum: 20 years | Maximum: 28 years
Relaxation of Upper age limit

Sr. No.

Category

Age relaxation

1

Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe

5 years

2

Other Backward Classes (Non-Creamy Layer)

3 years

3

Persons With Disabilities

10 years

4

Ex-Servicemen / Disabled Ex-Servicemen

Actual period of service rendered in the defence forces + 3 years (8 years for Disabled Ex-Servicemen belonging to SC/ST) subject to a maximum age limit of 50 years

5

Widows, divorced women and women legally separated from their husbands who have not remarried

9 years

6

Persons ordinarily domiciled in the State of Jammu & Kashmir during the period 01.01.1980 to 31.12.1989

5 years

7

Persons affected by 1984 riots

5 years

8

Regular employees of the Union Carbide Factory, Bhopal retrenched from service (Applicable to Madhya Pradesh state only)

III. Educational Qualifications
(a) A Degree (Graduation) in any discipline from a University recognised by the Govt. Of India or any equivalent qualification recognized as such by the Central Government. (The candidate must possess valid Mark-sheet / Degree Certificate that he/ she is a graduate on the day he / she registers and indicate the percentage of marks obtained in Graduation while registering online.

(b) Computer Literacy: Operating and working knowledge in computer systems is mandatory i.e. candidates should have Certificate/Diploma/Degree in computer operations/Language/ should have studied Computer / Information Technology as one of the subjects in the High School/College/Institute.

(c) Proficiency in the Official Language of the State/UT (candidates should know how to read/ write and speak the Official Language of the State/UT) for which vacancies a candidate wishes to apply is preferable.

(d) Ex-Servicemen who do not possess the above civil examination qualifications should be matriculate ExServicemen who have obtained the Army Special Certificate of Education or corresponding certificate in the Navy or Air Force after having completed not less than 15 years of service in the Armed Forces of the Union as on the specified date.

Vacancy for IBPS Clerk 2018
As per the IBPS Clerk 2017 Official Notification’ there were 7883 vacancies in total. IBPS gives out state-wise vacancies and detailed breakup can be referred to in the 2018 notification.

C] IBPS CWE Clerk VIII Application

The registration process for this exam will be through online mode only and there will be a single registration for both Preliminary and Main examination, wherever applicable.

Documents Required
Candidates will be required to upload the following documents as per the specification given in advertisement.

Document

Dimensions (2017)

File Size Specifications (2018)

Other Information

Photograph of the Applicant (4.5cm × 3.5cm)

200 x 230 pixels (preferred)

20kb–50 kb

Image file should be JPG or JPEG format

Signature of the Applicant

140 x 60 pixels (preferred)

10kb – 20kb

CAPITAL LETTERS NOT accepted

Thumb impression of the Applicant

New – To be updated

10kb – 20kb

Scanned copy of handwritten declaration

New – To be updated

10kb – 20kb

Exact text will be updated

Application FeeCategory-wise application fee listed below is to be paid online and is not refundable once paid.

Candidates have to qualify in each of the three tests by securing cut-off marks to be decided by IBPS. The results link for the prelim will be updated here.

Mains Exam Pattern

S.No.

Name of Tests(Objective

No. of Questions

Maximum Marks

Duration

1

Reasoning Ability & Computer Aptitude

50

60

45 minutes

2

English Language

40

40

35 minutes

3

Quantitative Aptitude

50

50

45 minutes

4

General/ Financial Awareness

50

50

35 minutes

Total

190

200

160 minutes

E] IBPS CWE Clerk VIII Syllabus

IBPS Clerk prelim and mains have a large overlap in terms of syllabus for English, Reasoning and Numerical Ability but for Mains there are 2 additional topics, i.e., General Awareness and Computer Knowledge.

English

Numerical Ability

Reasoning

Computer Knowledge

General Awareness

Reading Comprehension

Number Series

Puzzle and Arrangements

History and Generation of Computers

Banking and Insurance Awareness

Cloze Test

Simplification/ Approximation

Inequality

Introduction to Computer Organisation

Financial Awareness

Fillers

Quadratic Equations

Syllogism

Computer Hardware and I/O Devices

Govt. Schemes and Policies

Spotting Errors

Data Interpretation

Coding – Decoding

Computer Languages, Basics of DBMS

Current Affairs

Sentence Improvement

Data Sufficiency

Blood Relations

Operating System, Internet

Static Awareness

Fill in the Blanks

Miscellaneous

Direction sense

Computer Network & Security

Sentence Improvement

Order and Ranking

MS Office Suit and Short cut keys

Error Detection/
Correction

Word Formation

Computer Memory, Computer Software

Statement – Assumption/
Conclusion/
Argument

Number System and Conversions

F] IBPS Clerk 2017 Cutoffs

Since IBPS Clerk vacancies are released state-wise, cutoffs also vary for each state.
IBPS State-Wise Prelim Cutoffs for 2017: